abduct



abduct (someone) from

To kidnap. Someone abducted that little girl from her parents' home in the middle of the night. I hope the dog wasn't abducted from our yard.
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abduct someone from someone or something

to take away or kidnap a person from someone or from a particular place, usually in secret. The thugs abducted the child from her mother.
See also: abduct

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mus'ad-Arabic
Lara (1)LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Ayanoah-yah-noJapanese
HendersonHEN-dər-sənEnglish
Compton['kɔmptən]
Iphigeneia-Greek Mythology